Mohammad Afzal Khan

Mohammad Afzal Khan (1815– 7 October 1867; Pashto/Dari: محمد افضل خان) was the Emir of Afghanistan from May 1866 to 1867.[1] The oldest son of Dost Mohammad Khan, Afzal Khan was born in Kabul in 1815.[2] His father died on 9 June 1863[3][2] and a civil war broke out between Dost Mohammad Khan's sons.[4] In May 1866 he seized power from his brother Sher Ali Khan and captured Kabul.[3] Eventually contracted cholera and died on 7 October 1867.[5] Following Afzal Khan's death, Mohammad Azam Khan was proclaimed Amir of Afghanistan. He was an ethnic Pashtun and belong to the Barakzai tribe.

This article is about the Afghani Emir. For the Fijian Politician, see Mohammed Afzal Khan. For the British Politician, see M. Afzal Khan.
Mohammad Afzal Khan
محمد افضل خان
Emir of Afghanistan
Sketch work of Mohammad Afzal Khan
Emir of Afghanistan
ReignMay 1866 – 7 October 1867
PredecessorSher Ali Khan
SuccessorMohammad Azam Khan
Born1815
Died7 October 1867 (aged 52)
Names
Mohammad Afzal Khan
DynastyBarakzai dynasty
FatherDost Mohammed Khan
Mothera daughter of Mullah Sadiq Ali

Khan's third son Abdur Rahman Khan was Emir from 1880 to 1901.[6]

See also

References
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  2. McChesney, Robert; Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi (19 December 2012). The History of Afghanistan: Fayż Muḥammad Kātib Hazārah's Sirāj al-tawārīkh. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-23498-7.
  3. Hasan Kakar, Mohammad (2006). A Political and Diplomatic History of Afghanistan, 1863-1901. Brill Publishers. pp. 9–15. ISBN 9004151850.
  4. Wallace, Christopher Julian. 'Masterly inactivity': Lord Lawrence, Britain and Afghanistan, 1864-1879 (PhD thesis). King's College, London. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. Lee, Johnathan (2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. pp. 321–364. ISBN 1789140102.
  6. "Kosmix". Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
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